Program Overview

Electrical and Electronic Engineering with Professional Experience

Overview

The BEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering with Professional Experience degree is designed to prepare students for an exciting career in electrical and electronic engineering. The course explores how engineering is reshaping our world, with a focus on the components and software that comprise electronic systems.

Course Details

Course Delivery

The course is delivered by a team of internationally-recognised engineers and researchers, who share their passion for engineering and industry expertise in robotics and automation research. The integrated industry placement provides an opportunity for students to apply their learning to real-world scenarios and build workplace skills in teamwork and communication.

Learning Experience

Located at the heart of the property and construction market, Salford is a great place to study electrical and electronic engineering. The course takes advantage of its amazing location to visit nearby world-famous engineering projects and gain hands-on experience.

Industry Placement

The course includes an industry placement year between years two and three. Although students are responsible for securing their placement, tutors will support them in finding a role and monitor their progress throughout.

Course Modules

Year One

• Analogue Electronics: Introduces the fundamental concepts and principles of analogue electronics and develops the skills necessary to design and build analogue circuits.
• Digital Electronics: Provides knowledge and critical understanding of the digital hardware elements required to build digital electronic systems that process digital signals.
• Engineering Mathematics: Develops the underlying mathematical skills necessary when considering physical systems.
• Project and Risk Management: Introduces project management techniques, particularly in project planning, organisation, and control.
• Introduction to Computer and Network Systems: Introduces the fundamentals of computer hardware, software, and networking technology.
• Electromagnetism and Electrical Group Design 1: Introduces a range of basic electronic design processes, including hardware and software tools.

Year Two

• Control Engineering and Group Design 2: Provides an introduction to the design and analysis of both analogue and digital feedback control systems and the application of fundamental feedback control systems.
• Machines and Drives: Investigates the fundamentals of electrical power engineering and magnetic systems.
• Engineering Mathematics: Develops advanced knowledge and skills in mathematical analysis.
• Digital Signal Processing: Gives a thorough grounding in the techniques and applications of digital technology in the acquisition, processing, storage, and transmission of acoustic signals.
• Computing Laboratory: Helps students build computer programming skills to tackle simple non-analytic physical and engineering problems.
• Digital Electronics 2: Provides knowledge and critical understanding of the digital hardware elements required to build digital electronic systems that process digital signals.

Year Three

• Powertrain, Hybrid and Electric Vehicles: Investigates the design of electric and hybrid vehicle power train systems.
• Industrial Management and Project Preparation: Introduces the commercial issues that must be addressed by engineering businesses and the principles of quality management systems.
• Final Year Project: A vital part of career preparation, where students complete an individual project based on an engineering theme of industrial relevance.
• Control and Power Systems: Introduces the design and analysis of both analogue and digital feedback control systems and the application of fundamentals of electronic power control systems.
• Embedded Systems: Includes a significant practical element where the functionality of embedded systems is explored through the design and implementation of modern microcontroller systems and their associated programming languages.
• Automation and Robotics: Explores techniques used to analyse discrete event control and the kinematics of robotic manipulators.

Assessment

Students will be assessed through a combination of formats, including:

• Exams
• Coursework
• Essays
• Tests
• Discussions
• Presentations
• Dissertation

Employment and Stats

The Fourth Industrial Revolution will herald the next generation of integrated robotics and automation in everyday life. As an engineering graduate with a specialism in electronics and electrical engineering, students will have a huge range of career opportunities available to them.

Requirements

Applicant Profile

There is no such thing as a typical engineering student. The university is looking for applicants who have a keen desire to follow a career in electronics. Good interpersonal skills and a strong work ethic are desirable.

English Language Requirements

All courses are taught and assessed in English. If English is not the first language, students must meet the minimum English language entry requirements. An IELTS score of 6.0 (no element below 5.5) is proof of this, and the university also accepts a range of equivalent qualifications.

Standard Entry Requirements

• GCSE: English Language and Mathematics at grade C/level 4 or above (or equivalent).
• UCAS tariff points: 112-120 UCAS points to include the study of mathematics or a numerate science.
• A level: 112-120 UCAS points, to include grade C in Mathematics or a numerate science.
• BTEC National Diploma: DMM from engineering or science subjects, must include Distinctions in mathematics modules.
• Access to HE: Pass with 112-120 UCAS points from a QAA-approved science or engineering course, including 60 credits overall with a minimum of 45 credits at level 3 and Distinctions in numerate modules.

Tuition Fees

• Full-time home: £9,535 per year (2025/26).
• Full-time international: £17,650 per year (2025/26).

Additional Costs

Students should consider further costs, which may include books, stationery, printing, binding, and general subsistence on trips and visits.

International Student Scholarships

If students are high-achieving international students, they may be eligible for one of the university's scholarships.